Of the four wars in my lifetime, none came about because the U.S. was too strong. — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
Our reluctance for conflict should not be misjudged as a failure of will. — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
We maintain the peace through our strength; weakness only invites aggression. — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
When PLO sniper fire is followed by 14 hours of Israeli bombardment, that's stretching the definition of defensive action too far. — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
“I occasionally think how quickly our differences worldwide would vanish if we were facing an alien threat from outside this world.” — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
The defense policy of the United States is based on a simple premise: The United States does not start fights. We will… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
There are some who've forgotten why we have a military. It's not to promote war, it's to be prepared for peace. — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
Our military strength is a prerequisite to peace, but let it be clear we maintain this strength in the hope it will… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
Every new day begins with possibilities. It's up to us to fill it with the things that move us toward progress and… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
We welcome change and openness; for we believe that freedom and security go together, that the advance of human liberty can only… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
Peace is not absence of conflict, it is the ability to handle conflict by peaceful means. — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
You and I have the courage to say to our enemies, 'There is a price we will not pay.' There is a… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
I believe with all my heart that our first priority must be world peace, and that use of force is always and… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
There are some who've forgotten why we have a military. It's not to promote war. It's to be prepared for peace. There's… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
General Secretary Gorbachev, if you seek peace, if you seek prosperity for the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe, if you seek liberalization:… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
When we speak of peace, we should not mean just the absence of war. True peace rests on the pillars of individual… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
Let it never be said of this generation of Americans that we became so obsessed with failure that we refused to take… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
Our nation was built and civilized by men and women who used guns in self-defense and in pursuit of peace. One wonders… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
Since the foundation of the State of Israel, the United States has stood by her and helped her to pursue security, peace,… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
Freedom is one of the deepest and noblest aspirations of the human spirit. People, worldwide, hunger for the right of self-determination, for… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
Common sense told us that to preserve the peace, we'd have to become strong again after years of weakness and confusion. So,… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
We in America have learned bitter lessons from two world wars: It is better to be here [in Europe] ready to protect… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
America's foreign policy supports freedom, democracy, and human dignity for all mankind, and we make no apologies for it. The opportunity society… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
Cannot swords be turned to plowshares? Can we and all nations not live in peace? In our obsession with antagonisms of the… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
In my eighty years, I prefer to call that the forty-first anniversary of my thirty ninth birthday, I've seen what men can… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
Israel exists; it has a right to exist in peace behind secure and defensible borders; and it has a right to demand… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
“The miracle of life is given by One greater than ourselves, but once given, each life is ours to nurture and preserve,… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
There can be no greater good than the quest for peace, and no finer purpose than the preservation of freedom. — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
I once played a sheriff who thought he could do the job without a gun. I was dead in twenty-seven minutes of… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
We will remain steady. We will pursue every avenue in the search for peace and stability. — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
The true lesson of the Vietnam War is: certainty of purpose and ruthlessness of execution win wars. — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
“You and I know and do not believe that life is so dear and peace so sweet as to be purchased at… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
We can have peace and brotherly love by accepting our responsibility to preserve freedom. — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
Peace is more than just an absence of war. True peace is justice, true peace is freedom, and true peace dictates the… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
For the sake of peace and justice, let us move toward a world in which all people are at last free to… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
If there's one observation that rings true in today's changing world, it is that freedom and peace go hand in hand. — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
Today, the world looks to America for leadership. And America looks to its Corps of Marines. — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
I've long believed one of the mainsprings of our own liberty has been the widespread ownership of property among our people and the expectation… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
You know, by the time you reach my age, you've made plenty of mistakes if you've lived your life properly. So you learn. You… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
Yes, across Europe, this wall will fall. For it cannot withstand faith; it cannot withstand truth. The wall cannot withstand freedom. — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
Simple fairness dictates that government must not raise taxes on families struggling to pay their bills. — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
The time has come to turn to God and reassert our trust in Him for the healing of America - our country is in… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
Professional politicians like to talk about the value of experience in government. Nuts! The only experience you gain in politics is how to be… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
The WPA was one of the most productive elements of FDR's alphabet soup of agencies because it put people to work building roads, bridges,… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
Since I came to the White House, I got two hearing aids, a colon operation, skin cancer, a prostate operation, and I was shot.… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
A moment I've been dreading. George brought his ne're-do-well son around this morning and asked me to find the kid a job. Not the… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
On Father's Day, we pay tribute to all in our society who have taken on the responsibilitie s and joys of fatherhood. Whether our… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
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